lectionary translation

[TomS]

At Mass tonight the lecter read from the lectionary, and the deacon read the Gospel, but the wording was slightly different than that of the missalette. I asked the priest about it and he said it was an older translation (1969 or 1973 version probably). Is the OK? I have seen this happen a few times before in other churches. I thought that the latest version had to be used for uniformity. This priest is fairly orthodox, so I don’t think he would deliberately choose the incorrect version. I know of one priest who reads the Gospel from the Douay-Rhiems transation of the Vulgate and he is extremely orthodox, in fact he says the EF in my diocese. What do you think?

 

[FrDavid96]

At Mass tonight the lecter read from the lectionary, and the deacon read the Gospel, but the wording was slightly different than that of the missalette. I asked the priest about it and he said it was an older translation (1969 or 1973 version probably). Is the OK? I have seen this happen a few times before in other churches. I thought that the latest version had to be used for uniformity. This priest is fairly orthodox, so I don’t think he would deliberately choose the incorrect version. I know of one priest who reads the Gospel from the Douay-Rhiems transation of the Vulgate and he is extremely orthodox, in fact he says the EF in my diocese. What do you think?

Technically, it’s acceptable, but I’d caution that it should only be done on occasion and for a good reason; Because the readings themselves are the same, and the older Lectionary was approved for liturgical use. Only a few words are different.

I don’t know what his reasoning might be, but I did the same thing this morning at a mission parish–since Ash Wednesday isn’t in our Sunday Lectionary (current version) we used an older daily version. It isn’t “sound stewardship” for us to buy a new daily lectionary as we only use it a few days a year. The older version works and it is an approved translation.

PS GIRM 358 does allow for “masses with special groups” the priest may choose other texts, as long as they are from “an approved lectionary” so there is some flexibility envisioned here, even though this is not the situation described in 358. Again, I’ll caution that I wouldn’t take this concept too far.

 

[passus]

The same issue came up at Mass tonight, which happened to be one of the few occasions when I have ever actually picked up the missalette and followed along. And I found that I couldn’t.

Thanks for the information, Father.

 

[Cluny]

The same issue came up at Mass tonight, which happened to be one of the few occasions when I have ever actually picked up the missalette and followed along. And I found that I couldn’t.

Assuming you’re not hearing impaired, you should hear the word when proclaimed in the assembly, instead of “following along in the Missalette”.